New Delhi: With the ambitious regional air connectivity scheme taking wings, authorities have set up a trust for disbursing viability gap funds to the participating airlines.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) is the nodal agency for the scheme -- UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) -- that aims to connect un-served as well as under-served airports and make flying affordable for the masses.
As at least half of the seats in UDAN flights are to be offered at subsidised fares, the participating carriers would be provided a certain amount of Viability Gap Funding (VGF) -- an amount shared between the Centre and the state concerned.
AAI Chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra said a trust has been set up to disburse the VGF to the carriers operating under UDAN.
The trust, headed by the AAI chief, also has officials from the Civil Aviation Ministry and the national airports operator to administer it.
"The trust has been formed and all the necessary formalities have been done. All the exemptions required are also being done. That will soon start working," Mohapatra told in an interview.
According to him, the trust would be in charge of providing VGF to the airlines for participating in the scheme.
To raise money for the VGF, a levy of Rs 8,500 per departure is levied from airlines operating in major domestic routes, including Mumbai and Delhi.
When asked about local carriers moving court against the levy, Mohapatra expressed hope that the issue would be resolved soon even as he asserted that the scheme would not suffer due to court case.
22/05/17 PTI/Times of India
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Airports Authority of India (AAI) is the nodal agency for the scheme -- UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) -- that aims to connect un-served as well as under-served airports and make flying affordable for the masses.
As at least half of the seats in UDAN flights are to be offered at subsidised fares, the participating carriers would be provided a certain amount of Viability Gap Funding (VGF) -- an amount shared between the Centre and the state concerned.
AAI Chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra said a trust has been set up to disburse the VGF to the carriers operating under UDAN.
The trust, headed by the AAI chief, also has officials from the Civil Aviation Ministry and the national airports operator to administer it.
"The trust has been formed and all the necessary formalities have been done. All the exemptions required are also being done. That will soon start working," Mohapatra told in an interview.
According to him, the trust would be in charge of providing VGF to the airlines for participating in the scheme.
To raise money for the VGF, a levy of Rs 8,500 per departure is levied from airlines operating in major domestic routes, including Mumbai and Delhi.
When asked about local carriers moving court against the levy, Mohapatra expressed hope that the issue would be resolved soon even as he asserted that the scheme would not suffer due to court case.
22/05/17 PTI/Times of India
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